# navegar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin nāvigāre.

### Verb

navegar (first-person singular indicative present navego, past participle navegáu)
* to sail (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin nāvigāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [nə.βəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [nə.vəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [na.veˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

navegar (first-person singular present navego, first-person singular preterite naveguí, past participle navegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* to navigate, to sail

#### Related terms

* nau
* navegable
* navegació
* navegador

### Further reading

* “navegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “navegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “navegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “navegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Middle English
### Noun

navegar
* Alternative form of nauger

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* navigar

### Etymology

From Latin nāvigāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [naβeˈɣa]

### Verb

navegar
* to navigate
    E I jorn, en setembre, preson se a navegar(please add an English translation of this usage example) (Guilhèm Anelièr, Istòria de la Guèrra de Navarra)
* (Internet) to surf (the Web)

#### Related terms

* nau

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* nauegar (obsolete spelling)

### Etymology

From Latin nāvigāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /na.veˈɡa(ʁ)/ [na.veˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /na.veˈɡa(ʁ)/ [na.veˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /na.veˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /na.veˈɡa(ʁ)/ [na.veˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /na.veˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɐ.vɨˈɡaɾ/ [nɐ.vɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɐ.vɨˈɡaɾ/ [nɐ.vɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /nɐ.bɨˈɡaɾ/ [nɐ.βɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /nɐ.vɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [nɐ.vɨˈɣa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: na‧ve‧gar

### Verb

navegar (first-person singular present navego, first-person singular preterite naveguei, past participle navegado)
* to navigate, sail
** 1572, Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas, First Canto:As armas, & os barões aßinalados, / Que da Occidental praya Luſitana, / Por mares nunca de antes nauegados, / Paſſaram, ainda alem da Taprobana, […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
** (Can we date this quote?), Fernando Pessoa, Navegar é Preciso‎:Navegadores antigos tinham uma frase gloriosa: "Navegar é preciso; viver não é preciso".(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Internet) to surf, navigate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* nave
* navegação

#### See also

* velejar

### Further reading

* “navegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin nāvigāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nabeˈɡaɾ/ [na.β̞eˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: na‧ve‧gar

### Verb

navegar (first-person singular present navego, first-person singular preterite navegué, past participle navegado)
* to navigate, to sail
    navegar una nave ― to navigate a ship
* (Internet) to surf, navigate
    navegar por Internet ― to surf the internet

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* nave
* navegable
* navegación
* navegador

### Further reading

* “navegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10